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About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a mid sized village in Chas tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,583, made up of 801 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.86 hectares hectares.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Chas
Area (hectares) 182.86 hectares
Population 1,583
Male Population 801
Female Population 782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 58th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents. Its 182.86 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Gopalpur

The census records public bus service for Gopalpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gopalpur from other places

Gopalpur lies about 21 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Pundhag, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gopalpur
Nearest railway station Pundhag 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Chas 20 km
District headquarters Bokaro 21 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chas tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Gopalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur village had a population of 1,583. That makes it the 58th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents.

Gopalpur village has 801 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Gopalpur covers 182.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gopalpur falls under Chas tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Pundhag, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 21 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur is in Chas tehsil of Bokaro district. Pundhag is about 11 km away. Chas is about 20 km away. Bokaro is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amdiha (6.1 km), Jogidi Alias Raghunathdi (6.2 km) and Nishchintpur (7.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gopalpur today is likely to be higher.

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